Al-Futtaim Travel appoints new Marketing & Sales Manager
Text size Dubai July 03, 2011: Al-Futtaim TravelAl-Futtaim Travel, a leading corporate and leisure travel management company, today announced the appointment of Samantha Watson, as Marketing Sales Manager. Samantha joins Al-Futtaim with over 12 years in the travel…
Saudi, Dubai tourism stay dynamic
Text size JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia and Dubai have shown particularly positive results in tourism, despite a generally bleak market in the Middle East and North African region as a result of political restiveness. Tourism sector in both Saudi…
Saudi, Dubai tourism stay dynamic
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia and Dubai have shown particularly positive results in tourism, despite a generally bleak market in the Middle East and North African region as a result of political restiveness. Tourism sector in both Saudi Arabia and Dubai remained…
Flydubai to begin Ukraine flights
Kiev: Dubai’s low-cost airline flydubai announced plans to enter the Ukrainian market, adding direct flights to Kiev, Kharkov and Donetsk in September, travel and tourism professionals in both countries have been busy preparing for the inevitable boom. Flydubai has partnered…
Dubai bonds posting best rally in Mideast as Bahrain trails
Dubai, which has $16bn of publicly held debt maturing later this year, is posting the region’s best returns as investors turn to the tourism and trade hub to avert political turmoil sweeping the Arab world. Dubai’s dollar bonds due 2020…
Dubai Q1 direct trade jumps by 34%
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After dusting itself off from property wreckage, Dubai is back building again
DUBAI. You know the story. It was the world’s biggest Ponzi property scheme. When it collapsed during the credit crunch, building stopped, government debt ballooned and people fled, leaving a landscape dotted with hollow-eyed, half-completed skyscrapers: monuments to the ultimate…
Dubai creates corporation for government real estate
Dubai has established a commercial corporation to own and manage all properties registered in the name of the government, state-run news agency WAM said on Sunday. Dubai Real Estate Corporation will have financial and administrative independence, WAM said, will be…
Pinoy architect wins Dubai photography contest – ABS
DUBAI – Filipino architect Eric Olympia Fajut bagged the top prize in the 1st Dubai Municipality (DM) Photo Contest for World Migratory Birds Day in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Fajut’s winning photo stood out among the entries of the…
Rezidor opens the Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Downtown
The Rezidor Hotel Group has announced that its 7th property in the UAE, Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Downtown, is now open. Located on the upper floors of a mixed used building, the new first class- and full service hotel is…
Emirates Launches Dubai Stopover Program in Canada
TORONTO, Canada – Emirates Airline has launched a new travel program in Canada, “The Emirates Dubai Stopover Program”, this will be a an exceptional hotel and sightseeing package offered as a way to introduce Emirates passengers to Dubai; a world-class…
Dubai exports, re-exports hit three-year high in May
Dubai exports and re-exports hit a three-year high of AED22bn ($5.9bn) in May, a senior business leader said on Wednesday. Abdul Rahman Saif Al Ghurair, chairman of Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said latest data showed that the performance…
Dubai Outlet Mall announces new promotions for Dubai Summer Surprises 2011
“As a strategic partner of DEPE, Dubai Outlet Mall will be a part of DSS 2011. DSS is an important event in Dubai calendar and we look forward for a very successful and an entertaining period,” said Vishal Mahajan, Director…
Emirates boosts Manila-European flights
MANILA, Philippines — Filipino business and leisure travellers and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) now have access to Northern Europe with the start of Emirates Airline’s new extra services to Austria and Germany. Four extra flights have been added to the…
Dubai tempts once again but danger still lurks
But now, Dubai’s flagship airline has successfully marketed a $1 billion bond, hotels have attracted thousands more guests and unrest across the Middle East has persuaded some businesses to move some their offices to the more stable emirate. “At one…
